1942 result(s)
Landmark
Originally, so-called block crushers extracted marl from the Heidegroeve in Valkenburg. In the course of time, part of t...
Story
Valkenburg was in the middle of a three-kilometre-wide breach in the German defences on 14 September 1944. The American ...
Fortification
Throughout the centuries, the caves around Valkenburg offered a safe haven in turbulent times. Intensive marl mining had...
Monument
After heavy fighting on the Peel front near Overloon and Meijel, the men of the American 7th Armoured Division were give...
The Freedom Monument at the Vrijthof is a reminder to residents and visitors that peace and freedom cannot be taken for ...
Cemetery
The cemetery of Stevensweert contains a number of graves of inhabitants who died during the years of occupation. ...
Audiospot
The Atlantic Wall is a line of defence ranging from Norway to Spain, constructed by Nazi Germany during World War II to ...
Located southwest of Caen, Evrecy is as small village of 430 inhabitants without story during the war. At the time of th...
Urmond's terp church dates from the end of the 18th century and has a turbulent war history. Two of the three church bel...
Other
The Nazis made use of the judiciary system to expand and strengthen their power. The so called Sondergerichte (Special...
Museum
As a result of bombings and plane crashes, many farms and houses in the German-Dutch border region had become uninhabita...
This monument commemorates the more than 500 civilians and soldiers who were killed during the Second World War around G...
In the night of 25 to October 26, a few thousand Scottish soldiers from the 156th Infantry Brigade stepped into Buffalo ...
Battlefield
Arnemuiden is a city situated on the western end of the Walcheren Causeway. It came under artillery fire during the batt...
Stützpunkt Hamster accommodated five large radar stations of the German Air Force in the Netherlands. With the Mammut ra...
The Allies spearheaded the invasion of Walcheren with Operation Infatuate II: a landing near the bombarded ‘Zeedijk’ nea...
Walcheren was of great strategic importance due to its location at the mouth of the Scheldt and the strong Atlantikwall....
The Dishoek Coastal Battery was part of the Atlantikwall. The German occupiers established the more than 5.000 kilometre...
There was little fighting involved in the liberation of Brussels. However, here and there, a handful of clashes resulted...
During WWII, the Fort des Dunes found itself in the middle of Operation Dynamo. This was the largest military evacuation...
An atypical and popular Brussels neighbourhood, the Marolles are considered to be the centre of what is known as the Bru...
On the 2nd of October 1944, in reprisal for a resistance group attack, 659 men are arrested. That same evening, about 11...
On Sunday 24 September 1944, the approximately 30,000 inhabitants of the still occupied eastern part of Kerkrade were or...
A large part of present-day Landgraaf was only just able to benefit from the fast American advance through South Limburg...